'12 JUCO WR Cordarrelle Patterson (UT signee)

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I think Q. Watson will be a guy who is a game changer will be interesting to see him and pig howard on the field with there speed
 
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Question for all you football people: how hard is it to come in and be a star WR right away? He'll have less than 2 months before the NC State game to learn the offense. Is that a big deal, or will he be contributing right away on offense, assuming of course his ability hasn't been overhyped.
 
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jave36 said:
Question for all you football people: how hard is it to come in and be a star WR right away? He'll have less than 2 months before the NC State game to learn the offense. Is that a big deal, or will he be contributing right away on offense, assuming of course his ability hasn't been overhyped.
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Might be the easiest position on the field to contribute to early outside of "super quick return man". If he's not open, you don't throw it to him.

They'd probably be less likely to send him in on a blocking assignment until he's got a handle on the playbook. I think he'll be out there right away, just not as an every down player.
 
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kbutler said:
Might be the easiest position on the field to contribute to early outside of "super quick return man". If he's not open, you don't throw it to him.

They'd probably be less likely to send him in on a blocking assignment until he's got a handle on the playbook. I think he'll be out there right away, just not as an every down player.
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Respectfully disagree. I think not only is knowing the playbook and blocking important, but if you can't run crisp routes, the coaches won't play you much. See Hunter and Rogers until late their freshman year. Those two are the most talented guys I've seen here in a long long time, so if those two couldn't just be thrown out their right away, that should be a good indication that Receiver is probably one of the toughest positions to come in and be good right away. Like Hunter though, CP's speed should help stretch the field so he should see more playing time even if he doesn't run crisp routes or know the playbook yet. Honestly though, even if CP doesn't know the playbook, run routes well, or even block, he still couldn't be any worse than Zach Rogers, bless his heart. lol Receiver depth is definitely lacking...
 
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VOLCLASSOF2014 said:
Respectfully disagree. I think not only is knowing the playbook and blocking important, but if you can't run crisp routes, the coaches won't play you much. See Hunter and Rogers until late their freshman year. Those two are the most talented guys I've seen here in a long long time, so if those two couldn't just be thrown out their right away, that should be a good indication that Receiver is probably one of the toughest positions to come in and be good right away. Like Hunter though, CP's speed should help stretch the field so he should see more playing time even if he doesn't run crisp routes or know the playbook yet. Honestly though, even if CP doesn't know the playbook, run routes well, or even block, he still couldn't be any worse than Zach Rogers, bless his heart. lol Receiver depth is definitely lacking...
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Hunter caught his first TD against Florida. He was a factor in the UGA and LSU games. Even if they can't block well early on you have to play them if they are good enough on pass plays. Players don't come in knowing how to do everything. WR is one of the easiest to come in and play. If anything you can give the kid a smoke/zombie screen and say go make a football play. Sammy Watkins and Marquise Lee disagree with you just as much as Hunter and Robert Woods. Percy Harvin, Alshon Jeffrey, Julio Jones, Michael Clayton, Tedd Ginn and AJ Green are a few more. It's been done and a lot at the WR position.
 
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VOLCLASSOF2014 said:
Respectfully disagree. I think not only is knowing the playbook and blocking important, but if you can't run crisp routes, the coaches won't play you much. See Hunter and Rogers until late their freshman year. Those two are the most talented guys I've seen here in a long long time, so if those two couldn't just be thrown out their right away, that should be a good indication that Receiver is probably one of the toughest positions to come in and be good right away. Like Hunter though, CP's speed should help stretch the field so he should see more playing time even if he doesn't run crisp routes or know the playbook yet. Honestly though, even if CP doesn't know the playbook, run routes well, or even block, he still couldn't be any worse than Zach Rogers, bless his heart. lol Receiver depth is definitely lacking...
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It's hard learning specific plays that are not drawn up for you, but from what I understand the coaches are drawing up plays specifically for CP. this isn't the Fulmer era where we could have had Percy Harvin and if he didn't know the whole play book Fulmer would not put him on the field.
 
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The Breakerboy said:
Hunter caught his first TD against Florida. He was a factor in the UGA and LSU games. Even if they can't block well early on you have to play them if they are good enough on pass plays. Players don't come in knowing how to do everything. WR is one of the easiest to come in and play. If anything you can give the kid a smoke/zombie screen and say go make a football play. Sammy Watkins and Marquise Lee disagree with you just as much as Hunter and Robert Woods. Percy Harvin, Alshon Jeffrey, Julio Jones, Michael Clayton, Tedd Ginn and AJ Green are a few more. It's been done and a lot at the WR position.
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Every receiver you named was or will be a pretty high draft choice. Maybe that has something to do with it.
 
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I heard people saying Kenny Oneal would be great because he was fast. Never heard anything else on why he would be great. Plus he probably didn't know the whole play book which is enough for Fulmer to sideline a player.
 
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PimpVol said:
Every receiver you named was or will be a pretty high draft choice. Maybe that has something to do with it.
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Every WR I named is a big time athlete. CP fits the mold and only has to really know one WR position early on. He runs good routes already. And he's surrounded by elite WRs. Good situation if you ask me.
 
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Wr is the easiest offensive position to learn when trying to learn a college playbook. I'm not saying it's super easy to catch on to, but compared to the other positions on offense it is the least difficult. I played Rb/Slot in a pretty complex offense so I had sit in on both Rb and Wr meetings.
 
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It'll be Intersting to see just how fast CP develops into a VOL WR.. As simple as some may think it is to just "throw it to CP" it isn't always that simple. If Bray has time to go thru his normal "looks" and find CP (running the wrong route) then he may have some success early. BUT running the wrong route at times can also lead to interceptions if QB chooses to "force it". A more disciplined Bray may just stop looking if he is constantly running wrong route. And lets face it, plan B and C (Hunter and Bray) arent exactly bad 2nd choices.
As to the rumor of specific plays for CP, that may be true but you still have to have plays where Bray has alternate receivers to look to if CP isn't open..
 
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Does anyone think this guy as already been in on the play book? The coaches could have already gave him one and he could come in ahead of schedule. Does anyone think that's possible?
 
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Hbd10 said:
Does anyone think this guy as already been in on the play book? The coaches could have already gave him one and he could come in ahead of schedule. Does anyone think that's possible?
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All signees get one but whether they understand it or not is another thing
 
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